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This, fresh from AoPS, looks like a cool video for end-of-the-year math class
Hard Problems, a documentary about the 2006 United States International Math Olympiad team, is now available at Art of Problem Solving.
Click here to order: http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Books/AoPS_B_Merch.php?item_id=40
The movie shows the dedication and perseverance of these remarkably talented students, the rigorous preparation they undertake, and the joy they get out of solving challenging problems. It captures the spirit that infuses the mathematical quest at the highest level, and features several past Art of Problem Solving students!

For those of you who like documentaries, I recommend older ones
"Mad, Hot Ballroom" and "Spellbound"--my kids loved 'em, too.

I think that I will make the purchase. It would be a great end-of-the-year activity for our math team, like Cym suggests.
Nothing like team building, right ? :-)
Our seventh graders did spectacular on a state contest - I do not have official stats yet but I believe that we came in 3rd overall and 2nd in small schools. Out of something like 70 middle schools! The only two schools that did beat us have "gifted" programs, so they are able to pick their students. Ours in an inner city school. I hope those team scores will be posted soon!!!

It is official!
Our school came in third for 7th grade, second in small schools.
Only six points behind school number one (in small schools), which is in fact a "gifted" school.
I am thrilled!!!
http://www.math.utah.edu/smc/2008/TeamResults2008.pdf

Yay!

WTG, Ania's son! Congrats!

Fantastic!

Awsome

Amazing!

Hey, thank you ladies :-)
Obviously I have not checked this thread in a while :-)

I bought the documentary, will show it to the kids during the last math club meeting. Will let you know how we liked it.

Ghost will be going to a math camp this summer. A long one....
He is looking forward to being away from us for an extended period of time, we are looking forward to him being in an etremely challenging environment :-)
Honestly, I don't care if he learns anything mathy, I want him to be among the kids that are motivated and high achieving.
A new experience....but he is a big boy now....he absolutely distaes me being involved...is it normal that I still want to be involved????